Web Sites That Help Veterans

Website that provide information on Veterans benefits and how to file/ask for them. Accordingly, there are many sites that explain how to obtain books, military/medical records, information and how to appeal a denied claim with the VA. This is great information for all Veterans.

Web Sites for & by Veterans

Terry Bender and his mates designed a fine website. Their home page indicates they need a new web master so additions to the site may have slowed. The “Dragon Art” gallery was my favorite part of a well done web site.

Arnold Krause created this deep and wide site. The photo collection is overwhelmng. The “locator” is a place to search for lost friends. It has attracted a large number of posts so if you are looking for someone, leave a message here or look over the coll

Kirk Ramsey covers in detail, post Vietnam service, Vietnam and 2/12 history before. Massive amounts of information are well organized and simple to navigate. Not to be found elsewhere information. Good Site!

Mikie Pectol. The home page is filled with goodies that got me interested in surfing the site. My artillery mates did a fine job. The 25th Division universe is bright with creative web sites. This is one of them.

Helicopter pilots and door gunners must be crazy to do their jobs. I did find interesting content and recommend you visit. I was not able to read the site links because of the blue text so I did not surf as long as I have done with other sites reviewed.

Door Gunner Training. A large gallery of pictures with comments on them. This site is loaded but the home page is very electric and and a darting helicopter that followed my cursor made the home page difficult for me.

The “Wolfhounds” have been superior fighters throughout their history. We operated with one company for a few days and they were agressive and the superior officers worked on the ground not in a helicopter. Their site covers both the 1st and 2nd Battalion

An interesting website that covers the long history of the “Tomahawks”. The design seems “Official” and surfing felt like it. The work done on this site delivers. A 7/11 operated with and for them during my tour and they were tough warriors.

Bob Guersch shows pictures of their deployment to Vietnam, April 1965, and many pictures taken during his tour. Those guys had so many big fun toys to use. Mainly black and white pictures, I learned how the 25th got to Vietnam and started building.

4th/9th The design and content make it feel like an official site. You can learn in detail about 9th Infantry history. The “Sounds of Vietnam” is a must listen section. Willy created a site you must visit.

Assigned to the 25th Division in Vietnam, 1966-1970. This site has details in many categories of information and is well organized. You can understand the unit, A 3/4, and its history after a tour of their site.

LTC John G. “Jack” Heslin’s site is in-depth coverage of the last major military involvement of the United States in Vietnam: The Battle of Kontum. News coverage by The Stars and Stripes on this battle, stories written by soldiers involved (even Vietnamese)

Bill Comeau. The site is easy to navigate and most if not all parts are linked to the home page. It covers the units service with the 4th Division as well as the 25th. Dau Tieng was unique and a very dangerous base camp. Good job.

These are the boys with very big toys. The overwhelming firepower of a Duster or Quad 50 can break up any enemy formation or blow up most bunkers. The home page is long but the links lead to interesting stuff.

They have been sniffing our Dog Handlers starting with 6 in 1993 and now have over 2,000 members. The site is built for men that served in the unit but has interesting history parts. I remember their unit sign in my short visits to Cu Chi.

Dennis Dauphin’s site covers his artillery Battalion. Creative design and unique information had my attention and kept it. The content organization is unique and I like it. “War Stories” and “Tour of Duty” were my favorite parts of this site.

Copies of the 25th Division Newsletter, beginning January 7, 1966 and ending March 22, 1971. This is a link to the 25th Division web site. You can read 25th Division printed news during your tour or tours of duty and take a trip down memory lane.

Good Stuff

Ken Burns Series

In September 2017 Ken Burns will release a 10 part series about our war in Vietnam that will use social media in conjunction with the showings and I plan to join in (uninvited) and discuss each showing and document my reactions to some of the topics.

My Vietnam

We may not have been captured, but we were captive—restricted to a fire support base as our lives dragged along second by second. It was a year’s tour – 32,672,800 seconds with no place to go. Instead, we spent those seconds firing our howitzers at different times of day and from different places, never stopping for long. It was 24/7, relentless and mind numbing.